{"id":27275,"date":"2020-10-05T20:23:20","date_gmt":"2020-10-05T19:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/?p=27275"},"modified":"2020-10-05T20:23:24","modified_gmt":"2020-10-05T19:23:24","slug":"tapering-a-week-to-go-until-the-marathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/54.155.211.39\/blog\/2020\/10\/05\/tapering-a-week-to-go-until-the-marathon\/","title":{"rendered":"Tapering a Week to go until the Marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sunday the last long run before the Marathon<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

With one week to go until the Virtual London Marathon I needed to do an 8 mile long run. The Sunday runners said they were going out further than I needed. I could stop off at 8.5 miles but then I would need to get home. I felt I really needed to try and do it by myself to get the pacing right. I also wanted to jeff as I would be on the day – and I tend to run and walk randomly with them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As it happens I went out and found a new route and was back home before most of the house had even got up. In fact I had had a shower and a second breakfast before the teen even got up! I managed to keep my pace just under 11 minute miles (well quite a bit but not too much) which ideally I would have loved to be able to do throughout the marathon – but realistically I wasn’t going to be disheartened if I didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Running in the Cold<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Most of the runs lately have been about adapting to the heat. So the cold weather was a bit of a shock. Usually even when it is cold I am really hot by half a mile in. But on this run I remember still being cold at a mile and a half. Then at 4 miles I suddenly thought about how I hadn\u2019t realised when it was that I stopped feeling cold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Still with a complete lack of route or any plan for the actual day one of the ladies I run with at club and on Sundays sent me over one on Strava. So I had a vague idea of where I was going. It meant being brave and running a long way away from home. I knew if things got desperate my husband would drive over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the Long Sunday Run<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I still spent most of the day being particularly drained. I think I should have still had a proper nap. As it was I tried a 15 minute meditation sleep. I didn\u2019t really achieve much in the day. Did a food shop and in the evening took the youngest for a walk and got the ironing done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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By dinner time I started to feel a bit unwell. Just a sore throat but generally a bit ugh. It was at dinner that the youngest also said he had a sore throat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Week Building up to the Marathon<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Monday all the kids went to school okay. I was meant to just do a gentle jog for 3 miles, but after I had done the school run but I wasn\u2019t feeling well at all so came straight home. Tuesday I was meant to do an easy 4 miles jogging and a bit faster for the middle 2. But my head was really hurting, I felt so lethargic and ended up having a 3 hour nap whilst the boys were at school. I was drinking lots of hot Ribenas and Lemsip Maxs. Wednesday I felt hopeful as I was better than I was the day before but still not well. I had lots to do though as we had a very important birthday to celebrate. Needless to say the 2 mile jogs on Thursday and Saturday did not occur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My diet was really bad. I had soup, fish finger sandwiches and generally had loads of things filled with what I assume is carbs (white bread, pancakes, croissants, etc) and there was the day we all had party food. We also had a Chinese takeaway and a McDonalds the night before the marathon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Getting Ready for the Marathon<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Then the night before I got all my stuff ready and had an early night. I did forget my trainers in the flatlay. You may recall my quest for new running shoes – well I ended up with some cheap black Nike trainers – as the pink ones got punctured when I stood on something. They were run in quite a bit but never needed breaking in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thank you to everyone who sponsored me<\/a> to raise funds for Winston’s Wish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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